Garden activity

Well, it is busy, as usual, in the garden. I was surprised to see Fledgling Finches this morning. Real early. Climate change I guess, well of course. A robin is flat out, building a nest in a bird box aside from the house. Joyce happy doing the washing just 4-5 feet away in the wash house. They take no notice either when hanging out the laundry. Have the t**s active. Am surprised how many Coal t**s are visiting the garden feeder. Finches are regular too. Often have a wrens nesting. Always blue t**s etc.
When I was a lad, I'd be walking the lakes etc. watch the moorhens building a Reed Platform. Need a close eye to collect their, and Coots eggs along with side the duck eggs. Took one, left ones to ensure a future nesting. Yes later rounds and next year's!
Indeed was a time when any egg was blown into a mug to check. Then if right, into the frying pan for breakfast. Have to admit we ate a great variety (any egg). From the smallest to the goose egg
Not allowed now, of course. Mind there is nowhere near as many birds about in reality. Days of hedgerows full of life and great variety are, alas, gone. The thought never entertained eating any B.O.P. egg of course. That could be a real downer, and a 'No Go'.

I will, hopefully, be searching out nest this year and enjoy the wonders of colours and marvellous and unusual shapes and the 'how and wherefore' of the incredible egg. No, won't be touching, let alone making a breakfast

Lucky chap Daz.

Most of the song birds around here are few in the trees, plenty of t**s and sparrows along with the blackbirds but goldfinches etc; very few, resident robin though, nothing like when in my youth.

Gardening now reduced to growing spuds in pots and letting the trees and weeds have a free run.

Unfortunately, nothing is like when in our youth.

Regards.

Growing Spuds in a bag of Fertiliser produced fantastic results, and great gain. Inded just rub a little away and take what you want for dinner. Fresh potatoes for Cristmas dinner straight out of the back garden eh!

Daz wrote:

Growing Spuds in a bag of Fertiliser produced fantastic results, and great gain. Inded just rub a little away and take what you want for dinner. Fresh potatoes for Cristmas dinner straight out of the back garden eh!

May just have to go back too those type of days etc Daz maybe, if the corona virus hits hard as such. Good opportunity I suggest for the modern day city dweller greenie types to get their hands dirty as such .

regularly see robins around the garden, but the other day i saw a massive prehistoric looking bird fly low down , over the loft, grey it was............no idea what it was, but it was big .

Sounds like a stork like bird David.

Have you any ponds etc: around.

Regards.

Or maybe Heron, David.

Regards.

yes misty we have a stream run along the back of our house .......used to have 3 - 4 inch fish in it at one time until the heron took them all a few years ago .

this bird i saw the other day looked different to a heron, although not saying it wasnt one .

A Gull maybe.

David wrote:

yes misty we have a stream run along the back of our house .......used to have 3 - 4 inch fish in it at one time until the heron took them all a few years ago .

this bird i saw the other day looked different to a heron, although not saying it wasnt one .

I could say I have a river running below me down here etc David but best I don't as such as it's really only a stream truth be told . Fish play there thou fortunately along with platypuses on a good day, so all up a peaceful type place to escape too if things start getting you down type of thing, like all rivers & streams are at times I suspect/suggest .

we dont have platypuses unfortunately knackered, hundreds of frogs, a few hedgehogs, foxes, squirrels and even the odd owl in the tree .......platypuses must only go the wealthy peoples areas like you

Think you suggest right Knackered, nothing better than sitting on a remote river or stream bank on a sunny day and reflecting on life in general.

In particular if there are a few song birds in attendance and a few animals knocking about.

Done so many a time.

Regards.

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With a King Fisher using the end of your rod as a perch waiting for a supper eh

Yes Daz, a bit of fly fishing at the same time did add to the interest, at others course fishing often had a robin or blackbird asking for a t*t bit, all added to the enjoyment.

Often had my son or friends with me but enjoyed solitary excursions a means of self assessment and appreciation of life in general the best experience.

Regards.

David wrote:

we dont have platypuses unfortunately knackered, hundreds of frogs, a few hedgehogs, foxes, squirrels and even the odd owl in the tree .......platypuses must only go the wealthy peoples areas like you

Even amongst the wealthy class types etc David you will always find a bum or 2 etc I've found & I fortunately just happen to be one of them as such    . That being said thou on my little patch here which actually is bigger than the whole of England as such one unique stand alone little patch of forest can be found in some ways where one can escape the rat race & go walk about & just dream & see nature as it was 65,000 years ago type of thing & while doing it 50 feet below you 100,000 odd cars a day pass by there & you fortunately hear absolutely nothing etc .

Always places around here. Never seen platypie though!

halcanada80 wrote:

Always places around here. Never seen platypie though!

Maybe not Hal but I'm wise enough to know here your local wildlife is up there with my platypie     as such.